K_Kinnison Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I am getting about 1 every page now, and 2 Every post/reply if this keeps up, i will put this forum on my "do not enter" list Pop-up ads are one of the msot annoying ways to make money.. Telemarkets and spam are the otehr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 When did pop up adds ever been good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I haven't seen one in months. It's called "ad-filtering software." Don't surf without it. Ad-Subtract Web-Washer Pop-Up Stopper Not ad-filtering, but indispensible nonetheless as a spyware remover: Ad-Aware 5.71 All the above are free, and highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I just throw a glass of water at the monitor. Doesn't solve anything, but it's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Considering also that the service on these forums is nothing to write home about, the presence of the ads is quite annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 *huggles his Pop-Up Stopper* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasiliskJC Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Pop-up ads are the DEVIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Kinnison Posted March 22, 2002 Author Share Posted March 22, 2002 Okie, i jsut browsed the forums, and i now have 7 pop-up ads. Ad-substract only stops cookies, you have to buy the "pro" version to stop pop-ups The rest jsut clean up bad cookies. Unless someone stops it, i wont be comign to these forums anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 K_K, I never EVER see pop-ups here when browsing on my home PC. In fact, I never see any ads at all on this site when I'm at home. Period. I kid you not. I use all of these things going at the same time, and usually set for all options enabled and everything at the max level. Pop-up Stopper NUKES all pop-ups (even the ones you want, like the IM function window. I have to disable it temporarily if I wish to send someone an IM here.) If you are have it and are using it, then are you sure you have it turned on and set correctly? Web-Washer has a clearly marked option to stop pop-ups. It doesn't get everything, but it's pretty good. You can also set it to reject everything from a certain URL, like Doubleclick. I also have the security settings set pretty high on both IE 6 and Netscape 4.79. This keeps certain cookies and things from getting through as well. Internet advertisng is here to stay,.. it's not going away no matter how much we complain about it. But you don't have to see it if you don't want to. How the site looks with all my filtering off. How I normally see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fondas Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 edlib it seems like a nice lil' utility ! where can I get it from ? is it free ? K_K , I've been looking all over for you ! (actually on XWAUP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Just click on the links I provided in my first post to this thread above. Ad-Subtract SE is the free version of that. All the others are freeware. I can't cope without them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Kinnison Posted March 27, 2002 Author Share Posted March 27, 2002 i had Ad-sub, now with pop-up stopper, things are soooo much better so, if they are availbe as freeware... why have them on the sites anymore? stupid lucasarts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 Probably because they get paid a lot to put the ads up here. Every one of those ads go toward keeping this place free for us to use. I have no problem with them loading this place with ads as long as it's still free to subscribe... as long as they understand that I will be filtering those ads and not looking at them. It would make sense for them to get rid of the ads if none of us are looking at them, but then we would probably have to pay a monthly fee to come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 The fact that you don't have any ads doesn't impress me edlib BUT on the other hand I am impressed with your StartBar... how many Icons do you have there ?? !!?! I once had a "Go away you stupid Ads from hell" software but it took longer to get rid of the ads than it took for the ads to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 why do you have so many icons. I love XP-hides all my icons when I don't need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 All the start bar icons are the stuff I use just about everyday, but don't want sitting on the desktop. And I hate scrolling up through menus. I figure what else am I going to use that space for anyway? Let's see... I have, from left to right: Desktop Windows Explorer Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05 Outlook Express 6 Netscape 4.79 Internet Explorer 6 NS 6.2.2 MSN Explorer (Piece of crap, but I still haven't deleted it yet) Copernic 2001 Webferret 4 Media Player 7.1 Quicktime 5 RealOne Player MusicMatch Jukebox 7 Winamp 2.79 Launchcast Windows DVD Player Ravisent DVD Player ACDSee 32 Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Paint Shop Pro 7.4 Adobe Illustrator 8 ProTools Cubase 5 Zone Alarm 2.6 MyNetWatchman App. (Not shown in screenshots) The system tray is starting to get crowded too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander 598 Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 What surprises me is the UGO banner that mysteriously didn't dissapear as well as that great big black space... A-The banner shouldn't be there. B-If the banners are gone shouldn't there not be a big black space there? I saved and looked at the picture... I filled in the black area with white and noticed some strange markings in the lower-right corner and under the buttons beneath the XWA banner as well as around the posts. I think the picture was tampered with... I'd post my version but I don't have any webspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 No, that's really how it looks. See? At work, where I don't have the ad-removal stuff, it looks much different. But then I'm also using an elderly iMac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Internet Explorer looks a bit different: I'm not sure what the difference is, but I think Netscape takes away the space that the ads would have used. EDIT: Ah, now I know the difference! It's Web-Washer. I normally have WW configured to run with Netscape 4.79. I just reconfigured it to work with IE, and now the Explorer screen looks like the Netscape ones, with the banner lower than normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Well, my page looks like a bad japanese cartoon on acid, but I think it's because I keep throwing water at the monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Somehow, I don't think it's the cartoon that's on acid... although I wonder about the cartoonists sometimes. I mean,.. what's with all the tentacles? Yeeesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 the most annoying popup i've had to far is that one that says i better protect my computer....cuz it pops up like it's a virus or something and says 'internet explorer is attempting to close the page yes|no' that one is a pain!! hehe i did a scandisk on my computer and it found and fixed errors. defrag tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierce Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 the worst pop up adds are those that you close and more keep on showing up....gosh that pissess me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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